Tag: Investing

Breaking Up Is Hard to Do… With Your Financial Adviser

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Leaving your financial adviser — and finding a replacement — is a daunting challenge. Our very own Sally Brandon’s latest post in Money Magazine explains why firing your adviser, while uncomfortable, could be a necessary step toward a stronger, more secure retirement.

Meet Sally

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Sally Brandon, Senior Vice President of Client Service & Advice at Rebalance, discusses why it’s so important to have a financial advisor you can count on.

Why I Joined Rebalance

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Financial expert and Rebalance Investment Committee member, Burt Malkiel, talks about the many factors that drove him to joining our firm. Burt Malkiel: I joined Rebalance because what it does is everything that I believe in. It believes in broad diversification, which is something I have believed in all of my life. It believes in low expenses. If… Read more »

Markets May Stumble Or Skyrocket, But This Economist Says Hold On Tight

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By Robert Siegel Rebalance Investment Committee member Professor Burton Malkiel talks with NPR’s Robert Siegel about his best-selling book, A Random Walk Down Wall Street, and stands by his central message: investors who buy index funds do better than all the stock pickers and Wall Street pundits. In 1973, Burton Malkiel published a very readable guide to… Read more »

How to Pump Up a Roth IRA

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High-income earners have a new incentive to make after-tax contributions to a 401(k) plan: They can later shift the money into a Roth individual retirement account, tax-free.

The Decline and Fall of Fund Managers

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By Jason Zweig Active fund management is outmoded, and a lot of stock pickers are going to have to find something else to do for a living. The debate about whether you should hire an “active” fund manager who tries to beat the market by buying the best stocks and avoiding the worst—or a “passive” index fund… Read more »